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This directory of Collaborative professionals in Edmonton and area provides the quickest and easiest way to find the qualified professionals you need to obtain a divorce or separation without going to court and needing to deal with all the associated costs and stress.
No two people will need the same support — you may need a collaboratively trained divorce lawyer and a financial planner, another couple may need a family specialist for counselling services and a divorce coach. Yet another couple may just need a family law lawyer who knows how to help a couple through a collaborative divorce.
Divorce Coaches help clients address issues that often create barriers in settling disputes during this challenging time. They will assist the individual by providing them with resources, education, and information, while helping the client to develop positive stress management, goal setting, effective communication, and conflict-resolution skills. Divorce Coaches can also assist with clarifying the individual’s needs, interests, and concerns to prepare them to advocate for themselves in team meetings. This keeps the process moving forward and allows them to be their best self in a two household family.
Divorce Coaches can have an educational background in law, mental health, or finance.
You have multiple search options (All, Family Lawyers, Financial Professionals, Family Specialists). You can also search by Postal Code if you are interested in “finding a Collaborative Professional in my area”, or by name and keyword.
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Samantha C. Huculak
Family Lawyer
Samantha completed her formal Collaborative training in 2017, however, has had broad exposure to the Collaborative Family Law process since beginning her articles in 2014. Samantha has been practicing family law under the guidance of Andrew Lawson, one of the lawyers involved in the 2001 initial training and Collaborative Divorce movement in the Edmonton area.
Samantha has appeared before the Provincial Court of Alberta and the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench on numerous occasions, however, the focus of her practice is, whenever possible, to utilize interest-based negotiations and alternative dispute resolution techniques to help clients navigate the emotional, social, and financial impacts of separation and divorce.…
Mel Garbe
Family Lawyer
Mel is the founder of Lift Legal and is passionate about helping families in St. Albert and the Edmonton Area. Having been in the role of a client himself, Mel has a keen understanding of how difficult and daunting the process of separation and divorce can be. He ensures that his approach to the collaborative family law process is not simply the application of a prescribed process but a well thought out approach to negotiation and problem solving that puts parties in the position to reach a fair agreement that successfully addresses their interests and enables them to effectively co-parent going forward.…
Dr Anita Dorczak, M.A, LL.B, PhD, CLP, PC, Cert. EM
Family Lawyer
Practice governed by kindness and compassion
Over 25 years of experience
Fluent in 3 languages
After many years of practice I became deeply disillusioned with the adversarial process which I view as ineffective, expensive and failing to respond to the idiosyncrasy of family conflict.
My passion for peacemaking has taken me to teach and present on collaborative law in Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay and Panama and I will continue to promote this model of dispute resolution as more effective and less costly but most importantly best suited for family disputes.…
Margaret Weir Andreassen
Family lawyer
Margaret enjoys working with her clients to resolve their issues in a timely and respectful fashion. Her goal is to provide practical, knowledgeable and compassionate guidance, and to help educate and empower her clients to make good decisions. Margaret is a rural practitioner with a focus on family law.
Margaret graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Laws Degree in 1981.…
Stephanie L. Dobson
Collaborative Lawyer, Family Mediator, Online Educator
Understanding that strong emotions are involved, Stephanie Dobson helps clients view separation and divorce in perspective to move through the process more smoothly. Stephanie believes that framing divorce as a transition and not an end in itself enables clients to take an active role in making important decisions. By shifting emphasis to the future, she assists clients in defusing conflict, working through issues in a less volatile way, and achieving resolution sooner.…
Jessica Chapman
Family Lawyer
Jessica Chapman grew up in High Prairie, Alberta and completed all of her post-secondary education at the University of Alberta. She was called to the bar in Alberta in 2004 after articling at a small firm in Stony Plain. Jessica had a general practice until approximately 2008 when she decided to expand her family law practice. …
Kimberly Kok
Family Lawyer
Kimberly was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Kimberly completed her articles with a boutique family law firm in downtown Edmonton and has continued on as an associate lawyer at Birdsell Grant LLP. Kimberly’s practice is focused primarily in family law. As a trained mediator and a Registered Collaborative Family Lawyer, Kimberly recognises the multifaceted challenges that families face upon relationship breakdown.…
Kristina Ingram, MSW RCSW
Family Specialist and Divorce Coach
I am a Registered Clinical Social Worker with a Masters of Social Work degree. My primary area of work is in the area of divorce and separation, working with the entire family, children (over 12) and individuals going through this big family change. I work with families in the Collaborative Family Law Process in the Family Specialist and Divorce Coach roles, in a voluntary process with co-parents, or with those under Court-Ordered interventions under the Practice Note 7 Guidelines.…
Moosa Y. Jiwaji
Family Lawyer
Moosa has practiced law for close to 26 years and as a lawyer has assisted many divorce clients navigate through the legal process. He is firmly of the belief that courts are not meeting the needs of its participants because the system is not designed to deal with disputes that extend over a period of time and which, in some cases, continue even after a final divorce decree is issued.…
Kim MacDonald, CIM, CFP, PFP, FCSI, CFDS, CDFA
Financial Professional
MacDonald Advisory is a team of professionals with a clear focus on where their clients lives intersect with their money.
Area(s) of Practice: Kim is a registered Collaborative Professional in Edmonton, Alberta. In the area of Collaborative Law she acts in the capacity of “Financial Neutral”. Her involvement in the process is specifically related to financial planning for the specialized area of divorce.…
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